Principles of Marriage 1 TNT As concerninge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me: it is good for a man not to touche a woman. BSB BSB: Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
2 TNT Neverthelesse to avoyde fornicacion let every man have his wyfe: and let every woman have her husbande. BSB BSB: But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
3 TNT Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. Lykwyse also the wyfe vnto the man. BSB BSB: The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 TNT The wyfe hath not power over her awne body: but the husbande. And lykewyse the man hath not power over his awne body: but the wyfe. BSB BSB: The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
5 TNT Withdrawe not youre selves one from another excepte it be with consent for a tyme for to geve youre selves to fastynge and prayer. And afterwarde come agayne to the same thynge lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinencye. BSB BSB: Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6 TNT This I saye of faveour not of commaundement. BSB BSB: I say this as a concession, not as a command.
8 TNT I saye vnto the vnmaried men and widdowes: it is good for them yf they abyde even as I do. BSB BSB: Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 TNT But and yf they cannot abstayne let them mary. For it is better to mary then to burne. BSB BSB: But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 TNT Vnto the maryed commaunde not I but the Lorde: that the wyfe separate not her selfe from the man. BSB BSB: To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 TNT Yf she separate her selfe let her remayne vnmaryed or be reconciled vnto her husbande agayne. And let not the husbande put awaye his wyfe from him. BSB BSB: But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 TNT To the remnaunt speake I and not the lorde. Yf eny brother have a wyfe that beleveth not yf she be content to dwell with him let him not put her awaye. BSB BSB: To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
13 TNT And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell yf he consent to dwell with her let her not put him awaye. BSB BSB: And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
14 TNT For the vnbelevynge husbande is sanctified by the wyfe: and the vnbelevynge wyfe is sanctified by the husbande. Or els were youre chyldren vnclene: but now are they pure. BSB BSB: For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 TNT But and yf the vnbelevynge departe let him departe. A brother or a sister is not in subiection to soche. God hath called vs in peace. BSB BSB: But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
16 TNT For how knowest thou o woman whether thou shalt save that man or no? Other how knowest thou o man whether thou shalt save that woman or no? BSB BSB: How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Live Your Calling 17 TNT but even as God hath distributed to every man. As the lorde hath called every person so let him walke: and so orden I in all congregacions. BSB BSB: Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
18 TNT Yf eny man be called beynge circumcised let him adde nothinge therto. Yf eny be called vncircumcised: let him not be circumcised. BSB BSB: Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
20 TNT Let every man abyde in the same state wherin he was called. BSB BSB: Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
21 TNT Arte thou called a servaut? care not for it. Neverthelesse yf thou mayst be fre vse it rather. BSB BSB: Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
22 TNT For he that is called in the lorde beynge a servaunt is the lordes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes servaut. BSB BSB: For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
23 TNT Ye are dearly bought be not mennes seruauntes. BSB BSB: You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 TNT Brethren let everye man wherin he is called therin abyde with God. BSB BSB: Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
The Unmarried and Widowed 25 TNT As concernynge virgins I have no commaundment of the lorde: yet geve I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercye of the lorde to be faythfull. BSB BSB: Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26 TNT I suppose that it is good for the present necessite. For it is good for a man so to be. BSB BSB: Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27 TNT Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? seke not to be lowsed. Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe. BSB BSB: Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
28 TNT But and yf thou take a wyfe thou synnest not. Lykwyse if a virgin mary she synneth not. Neverthelesse soche shall have trouble in their flesshe: but I faver you. BSB BSB: But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 TNT This saye I brethren the tyme is shorte. It remayneth that they which have wives be as though they had none BSB BSB: What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
30 TNT and they that wepe be as though thy wept not: and they that reioyce be as though they reioysed not: and they that bye be as though they possessed not: BSB BSB: those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
31 TNT and they that vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not. For the fassion of this worlde goeth awaye. BSB BSB: and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
32 TNT I wolde have you without care: the single man careth for the thinges of the lorde how he maye please the lorde. BSB BSB: I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
33 TNT But he that hath maried careth for the thinges of the worlde howe he maye please his wyfe. BSB BSB: But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
34 TNT There is difference bitwene a virgin and a wyfe. The single woman careth for the thinges of the lorde that she maye be pure both in body and also in sprete But she that is maryed careth for the thinges of the worlde how she maye please her husband. BSB BSB: and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
35 TNT This speake I for youre proffit not to tangle you in a snare: but for that which is honest and comly vnto you and that ye maye quyetly cleave vnto the lorde with out separacion. BSB BSB: I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
36 TNT If eny man thinke that it is vncomly for his virgin if she passe the tyme of mariage ad if so nede requyre let him do what he listeth he synneth not: let the be coupled in mariage. BSB BSB: However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
37 TNT Neverthelesse he that purposeth surely in his herte havynge none nede: but hath power over his awne will: and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin doth well. BSB BSB: But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
38 TNT So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better. BSB BSB: So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
39 TNT The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as longe as her husband liveth If her husbande slepe she is at liberte to mary with whom she wyll only in the lorde. BSB BSB: A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
40 TNT But she is happiar yf she so abyde in my iudgmet And I thinke verely that I have the sprete of God. BSB BSB: In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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